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Eontia ponderosa

Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae

Taxonomy
Arca ponderosa was named by Say (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Eontia ponderosa by MacNeil (1938) and Jung (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. incile

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Arca ponderosa Say p. 267
1860Arca ponderosa Holmes p. 21
1906Arca ponderosa Clark p. 205
1916Arca ponderosa Sheldon
1938Eontia ponderosa MacNeil
1953Arca ponderosa Blake p. 24
1962Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa Richards p. 54
1965Eontia ponderosa Jung p. 436

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyNoetiidaeStewart 1930
genusEontiaGray 1857
speciesponderosa(Say 1822)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available